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Will T-Mobile Finally Get the iPhone Next Week?

T-Mobile USA may finally get the iPhone next week, at least according to one analyst.

In a research note Thursday (via Fortune), Merrill Lynch analyst Scott Craig says "speculation is heightening" that T-Mobile's parent company Deutsche Telekom will announce plans to carry the device an analyst event next week.

While Verizon, AT&T and Sprint all support the iPhone, T-Mobile has been left out because the carrier's HSPA networks doesn't support the iPhone. In recent months, however, T-Mobile has upgraded its networks in 15 cities to be compatible with the iPhone, though it still has many more areas that have yet to be upgraded.

Every few months, rumors pop up saying that T-Mobile will get the iPhone, but each seems to be wishful thinking.

In 2010, noted Apple analyst Shaw Wu said that T-Mobile might become the second U.S carrier to offer the iPhone, ending AT&T's years of exclusivity on the device. Instead, Verizon became the second carrier — but not until 2011. Later that year, rumors surfaced that T-Mobile and Sprint would both offer the iPhone. Needless to say, only one of those two companies got it.

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